The mum of James Bulger, who was two when he was abducted from a Liverpool shopping centre, tortured and murdered 23 years ago by ten-year-old boys Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, said she "couldn't believe it had happened again".

Denise was on Loose Women following the news that the two girls, one aged 13 and a second aged 14 had admitted to kidnapping a two-year-old girl from a Primark store in the city centre.

She was asked how she felt hearing crimes like that were still being committed: "It absolutely does, hearing stories like this is horrible. I can't believe it has happened again. I just have to relive it all, especially with social media."

James Bulger's mother Denise Fergus on Loose Women (Image: ITV)

Denise's son James was abducted and murdered by Jon Venables and Robert Thompson when he was two (Image: ITV)

Denise explained that she was constantly aware of similar crimes to that of her son's murder and said she was always notified so she knew what to expect to see in the news, adding: "It is just horrendous reading this."

Sympathising with the parents of the young girl she recalled how she felt when her son James had been taken by Venable and Thompson: "Every minute without your child is like an hour, you're just desperate to get your child back."

She was in disbelief an abduction so similar had happened again (Image: ITV)

Tragic tot: James Bulger was abducted and murdered by Jon Venables and Robert Thompson in 1993 (Image: Echo)

Denise explained that she used to blame herself over the "split second" moment of letting go of her son's hand adding over time she has tried to deal with it: "It's still hard to live with, but you learn to live with it".

It has been over two decades since James was murdered and since then she has set up a charity in honour of her son, The James Bulger Memorial Trust with the idea to help give back to others who have been in the same situation as her.

CCTV footage of the moment James Bulger is abducted by two 10-year-old boys, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables

Explaining that over the years she has met the parents of other young children who had been abducted, including making firm friends with Sarah Payne's mother, Sara.